(A/N. First I wanna say thanks for giving the story a click. Second, a little disclaimer. This is my first Teen Wolf story and my first chapter story. I hope/plan to update around every few days or so, if not then at least once a week. italics are thoughts, bold is emphasize and underline is a text. Enjoy)
"Danny! What the hell?!"
'Awesome, great way to start the day. Scott and Stiles barreling towards me. Wait, what?' Thought Danny Mahealani.
It was the middle of the school day on a Tuesday and Danny was a bit bummed out. First, Ethan left. Danny couldn't really blame him after all, his brother did die in his arms. That's gotta be tough on anyone, let alone a werewolf. From what Jackson told him, werewolves were more outgoing with their emotions. But still, Ethan was amazing. Sweet, funny, kind, affectionate and not to mention incrediblygood-looking. Danny is going to miss him.
"Hey guys. What's the reason for the yelling?" Danny asked the two of them. Scott had a look of urgency on his face but Stiles looked just plain ticked off. Not pissed per say but definitely mad.
"Oh nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing like you actually knowing what's really happening in this godforsaken town and not telling us, no nothing like that." Stiles ranted in a tone that was barely less than a loud hiss.
'Seriously, they talk this loud about it and expect that no one knows? Then again I didn't know until Jackson told me' Danny thought to himself.
"What are you talking about?" Danny asked, just like Jackson told him to do. Jackson warned him that if he ever might get caught up in the supernatural, he should do anything to get out of that situation.
"Danny." Scott said in a voice that demanded his attention. Danny wasn't aware that Scott could sound so commanding. Scott was usually somewhat soft spoken but still social and very nice.
Danny turned to face Scott and was met with glowing red eyes. 'Alpha' Danny thought as he racked his mind into recalling what Jackson told him about werewolves. 'If they have red eyes, that means that they're an alpha. They're usually the strongest kinds of werewolves and they lead their own werewolf pack. They're also the only kind of werewolf that can make other werewolves by biting a person. If you see those eyes on a person, run. Run as fast as you can and then go faster than that.' Jackson had warned him in one of their many Skype calls. Danny thought to turn tail and run like Jackson said but this was Scott. He wouldn't hurt anyone off the lacrosse field, and even then he wouldn't do it on purpose. Well he would, but it was only to other werewolves and Scott kinda had to hurt them. So Danny did what he did best, feigned ignorance.
"Holy crap. Scott, what's wrong with your eyes?" Danny was about to say more when Scott just rolled his eyes, which looked really psychedelic cause of the whole red eyes thing, and let out an exasperated sigh.
"Don't lie, Danny. I can hear your heartbeat and it's going really fast." Scott explained.
"Well sorry but what else am I supposed to do when you suddenly show me glowing red eyes?"
"Howsabout telling us that you know about the freakiness that is Beacon Hills? And while we're on that, mind telling us just how in the hell did you know?" Stiles complained. He continued to mumble random stuff so fast that Danny couldn't pick up on it. Danny knew he couldn't get out of it so he did the next best thing. He stalled for time.
"O.K fine. But you have to tell me how you know that I know."
"So you do know?" Scott asked to clarify.
"Yeah I know."
"Good. Now that we know that you know, we wanna know how you know what you know." Stiles said.
"What?" Both Danny and Scott said at the same time.
"Oh my god- will you just tell us how you know about the supernatural already?" Stiles asked in his usual way of speaking fast and impatience.
"Fine, jeez calm down. Jackson told me before he left for London. We talk about it from time to time on Skype." Danny explained.
"Danny, you little shit." Stiles said.
"Stiles!" Scott admonished.
"What? I'm allowed to be testy, I just got done fighting a psychotic fox that was wearing my face. Mind you, this was same fox was also possessing me. So yeah, I'm a little jumpy." Stiles complained.
"Wait, a psychotic fox?" Danny was confused now. Jackson never mentioned anything like that. From the looks of their faces, Scott and Stiles were confused too.
"How much do you really know?" Scott asked.
"Just the things that Jackson told me. Werewolves and this one lizard man thing. I think it was called a kanima?" Danny told them. What Danny didn't tell them, was that he spent a good amount of time looking up stuff about the supernatural, trying to find a way to prepare himself if he ever needed to. The only problem was that he didn't know what might actually be real and what just could be a myth. Although he does have a stash of wolf's bane and mountain ash on Jackson's recommendation.
"Well there's a bit more than that out there, so-" Stiles started until Danny cut him off.
"I don't wanna know"
That seemed to stun Scott and Stiles because they turned to look at each other in confusion before turning back to him and saying simultaneously "What?!"
"I said that I don't want to know"
"Yeah, we heard you. We're just having a little trouble processing that." Stiles explained.
"And I'm having a little trouble believing you. I heard your heartbeat, you really do want to know" Scott accused. And of course he was right.
"Fine, maybe I do want to know, but Jackson warned me to not get involved, and from what you said about possession and all the murders that have happened, he's right. So far I've been fine, aside from that one hospital trip, and thanks again to your mom, she really saved my life." Danny said to Scott sincerely. "I just don't want to get caught up in all of this though. I want my biggest priority to be graduating, not trying to avoid being killed by some supernatural creature. How did my heartbeat sound now?" He asked Scott.
"Steady." He admitted.
"There you go. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get to Econ, and if there isn't any supernatural stuff happening, so do you two. But first, how did you guys know that I know?" Danny asked.
"Ethan told us." Scott answered.
"Makes sense. Well, I'll see you guys later"
"Danny wait!" Scott asked urgently
"What? I don't want to be late."
"We should talk about this more." Scott asked
"I told you, I don't want-" this time Danny got cut off
"I heard what you said, but we both know what you want." Scott said knowingly.
"I promised Jackson that I'd stay out of it."
"You promised him that you'd stay safe. Don't you think that you'd be safer with all the information?" Stiles tempted.
"And you guys have all the information?"
"We know that we have more than you." Stiles countered.
Danny was hesitating. He wanted the information but he also wanted to keep his promise to Jackson.
'Jackson, of course! I'll call him and let him know. Maybe he can help me on this.' Danny thought.
"Give me some time to figure it out." Danny asked
"Sure. If you want, you can come by my house tonight. Everyone's coming by at around 7 so we can all talk together. You can ask them about stuff too." Scott invited.
"Who's gonna be there?"
"Us" Scott said, referring to him and Stiles, "Ethan, the Sheriff, Malia, Lydia-"
"Lydia knows?" Danny asked, surprised. Stiles shared a weird look with Scott before he answered.
"She uh, kinda more than just knows."
"Is she a werewolf too?" Danny asked.
"Uh, she's actually a Banshee." Stiles said.
"A Banshee? Those are real too?"
"Yep, them and so much more, Danny-boy" Stiles said.
"Alright. Who else is gonna be there?"
"Kira, Isaac, my mom, Mr. Argent-"
"Argent? Aren't they werewolf hunters?"
"That's a bit more complicated than you might think" Stiles explained.
"O.K then, anyone else?" Danny asked
"Yeah. Derek's gonna be there too."
"You mean Miguel?" Danny asked, smirking at Stiles.
"Who's Miguel?" Scott asked Stiles
"I'll tell you later" Stiles answered. Danny was chuckling at Stiles' expense when a thought popped into his head.
"What about Allison? She gonna be there?" Danny asked.
Scott and Stiles immediately froze. Scott looked like he was gonna have a panic attack. His eyes got so sad and Danny couldn't help but feel bad. Stiles almost looked worse. His nostrils were flaring and his mouth was in a straight line. Danny could see Stiles' jaw clench up so hard that he wondered for a moment if Stiles was something too.
"Allison is… dead." Scott said in the most defeated voice Danny had ever heard. Danny almost dropped the books he was holding.
"Oh my god. What, ho-" Danny caught himself before he finished. He saw the looks on their faces, making them relive whatever happened wouldn't be the right thing to do. He thought carefully before he said anything else.
"How's Lydia doing?" Danny wasn't as good as friends with Allison as Lydia was, but he knew the two girls were like sisters.
"Not great, but Lydia's strong. She'll get better in time. Hopefully we all might." Stiles said.
"I'm so sorry."
"Thanks but don't be. You weren't a part of it." Scott said, almost defensively. "But anyway, about tonight, think you can make it?" Scott asked. It wasn't the smoothest transition but Danny couldn't blame Scott for not wanting to talk about that.
"Maybe, I'll text you later to let you know." Danny conceded.
"Alright. See you in Econ." Scott said before walking off with Stiles in a direction that was opposite of the class.
Danny pulled his phone out and sent a quick text to Jackson: need to talk, emergency. Skype 5 min. Not even a minute later did he get a reply: sure. What happened? Danny replied: tell you on computer. Danny headed to the band room. He knew that it would be empty at this time so he thought it would be the perfect place for privacy. He took out his laptop and set up the charger in case it died. He didn't have to wait long until the familiar tune of the Skype ring started. Danny let it play for a bit because it's really catchy. Eventually Danny clicked the accept call and sure enough the face of his best friend came on the screen.
"Hey, Danny." Said Jackson Whittemore with a grin.
"Hey, Jacks." Danny replied sharing the same grin.
"So what's the emergency? Are you in trouble? Did Ethan break up with you?"
"Shut up, man. And no, he didn't break up with me. I broke up with him." Danny corrected.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night" Jackson said with a small smirk.
"Very funny, Jacks." Danny said sarcastically.
"I know. Now seriously, what's the emergency?" Jackson asked, concern clear in his voice.
"They know."
"What? Who knows what?"
"They know that I know. McCall and his friends." Danny clarified.
"Aw crap. You sure?"
"Yeah. They kinda cornered me and McCall used his super hearing to figure out that I was denying it at first."
"Dammit McCall. Did he hurt you or anything?" Jackson asked
"No he didn't. It's Scott. He wouldn't hurt anyone if he didn't have to."
"Then how do you explain him attacking me in the locker room?" Jackson asked
"Easy, you were being a dick" Danny answered smugly.
"Shut up, Danny" Jackson said with a small smile.
"But here's the thing. Scott and Stiles came up to me a few minutes ago and confronted me about it. I tried to deny it like you said but then Scott said my name and couldn't help but turn around and face him."
"Weird. That's happened to me too. Remember the pack I told you about? The one that I found a few months ago?" Jackson asked
"Yeah"
"The alpha can do something like that too. Derek did the same thing when he was teaching me. I figured it's an alpha thing. Maybe not if McCall can do it." Jackson wondered.
"Well, about that…" Danny trailed off
"What?" Jackson asked
"I think that Scott's an alpha" Danny tried to say easily, not wanting to upset Jackson.
"What!?" Jackson out cried
"Yeah"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, man. When I turned around, Scott's eyes were glowing red. I took a good look at them and they were definitely red."
"Holy crap. I can't believe that Scott killed Derek. Never thought he'd have the balls."
"Dude, Derek is still alive." Danny cleared up.
"What? But that's not possible."
"Is it really that surprising that Scott's an alpha?" Danny asked.
"Yeah it is. The only way to become an alpha is to kill another one. And I can't believe that Scott would be capable of that."
"Maybe he found another way of doing it?" Danny suggested.
"If there is, I haven't heard about it." Jackson lamented.
"I can ask him about it." Danny suggested
"How? When would you even get a chance to do that?"
"He said I could come by his house tonight. He's having some kind of meeting I guess with all the other supernatural people in the town." Danny explained.
"Huh. Who's gonna be there?"
"Him and Stiles, obviously. The sheriff, Scott's mom, Isaac, Mr. Argent, a couple new girls, Kira and Malia, Lydia-"
"They got Lydia involved in all this?" Jackson asked, eyes flashing blue for the briefest of moments in annoyance.
"Yeah. And apparently she's not just 'involved' either. She's a banshee." Danny explained.
"A What?!"
"A Banshee." Danny repeated.
"A Banshee? You mean the screaming lady thing?"
"Yeah."
"Since when is Lydia a banshee?"
"You really expect me to know? I was trying to stay out of it like you said." Danny excused.
"Yeah, ok fine. Wait. You listed off a few names but what about Allison? You said her dad but not her."
"Jackson… Allison is dead." Danny said. Jackson's face froze. Danny didn't know if it was his computer or if it was actually Jackson until he blinked his eyes.
"Wh-what? She's dead?" Jackson asked in a small voice that Danny wasn't used to hearing.
"Yeah. That's what they told me. I don't think they'd lie about that." Danny said. Jackson was silent for a bit.
"Give me a second." Jackson asked, his features starting to change before heading out of the cameras view. Danny then heard a loud howl come from Jackson's side, so loud that he had to lower the volume on his computer. He listen very carefully at the howl. It was the first time he'd heard Jackson do that. It was loud and strong, but it also sounded sad. 'He's mourning' Danny thought to himself. A few seconds later, Jackson came back into view. Danny quickly turned the volume back up.
"You ok?" Danny asked
"Yeah." Jackson replied solemnly, obviously not ok.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, man I'm fine. How's Lydia doing?" Jackson asked with concern.
"Honestly, I haven't seen much of Lydia lately so I don't know." Danny admitted.
"What about Scott?" Jackson asked. Danny didn't miss that he called him 'Scott' and not 'McCall'.
"He looked like he got punched in the gut when he mentioned it. Stiles did too." Danny said.
"Damn…" Jackson whispered while looking down. "You should go tonight. If you know this, then you're already in a bit. If you go they can at least tell you how to keep yourself safe and what's really out there." Jackson said seriously.
"Yeah?" Danny asked.
"Yeah." Jackson reassured.
"Alright, I'll text him." Danny said while he got his phone out. He sent to Scott: I can make it tonight. 7 right? Danny didn't have to wait long before Scott replied: Yeah 7. See you then. And can you tell Jackson thanks for us? Scott requested. Danny almost asked him how he knew he was talking to Jackson before he thought 'wolf hearing. That's annoying.'
"Hey, Jacks."
"Yeah?"
"Scott says thanks." Jackson looked surprised for a second before he worked it out.
"No problem, McCall." He said with a small smile.
"Alright well, I gotta go, skipping coach's class is one thing but I can't afford to miss History."
"Right, wouldn't want my prized student to fail." Jackson joked.
"Heh, shut up. I'll let you know what happens at Scott's later." Danny informed him.
"Alright, good. See you later."
"Later." Danny said while he closed the laptop screen.
(A/N. Thanks for reading and it would be great if you could leave a review. Comments and constructive critiques are welcomed and preferred. Rudeness is not.)